Best Practices with Zoom and Online Learning is designed to support facilitators, presenters, subject matter experts (SME's) and their producers. This course will demonstrate and model best practices, and provide resources for online learning and facilitation using blended teaching and learning techniques.

Attendees will be given access to an extensive online Training Portal which was created to accompany our live Zoom session, and provides additional information and resources that will be referenced during our live class.

Key topics:

• Preparing Students and Setting Expectations
• Working with a Producer and Getting Technical Support
• Equipment for Your Virtual Classes
• Interactive Zoom Features & Security Settings
• Introducing Your Zoom Class Environment
• How Adults Learn
• Links and Resources
• Access to extensive online Training Portal

Time: 1pm - 2:30pm

Location: Participants will receive an email to help prepare for the webinar, with a Zoom meeting invite at least 2 business days before the session.

Registration: Click here to register.

Flyer: Click here for flyer.

Striving for Your Best is a 5-course series that explores how to improve your professional skills and knowledge as an individual contributor (note: managers/supervisors would better benefit from Leadership Development Series). 

The series includes the Clifton Strengths Insight Guide Report, as well as an introductory coaching session. The 5-week course is a blended format, using an asynchronous resource (digital content that you review on your own at approximately 20 minutes in length) and a facilitated 3-hour virtual session (practical activities to apply the content to your specific situation) each week on the following topics:

1. What Makes Me Successful: an overview of the UCSF competency model, the value of CliftonStrengths, and how these strengths support the UCSF True North Pillars. Prerequisite: CliftonStrengths Insight Guide Report (assessment included in the series).
2. Working as One Team: explores how assumptions affect our interpretations and how empathic communication can help build relationships in routine work situations as well as during times of conflict.
3. Keeping Commitments in Times of Change: reviews why change happens and what you can do to manage the impact to your commitments.
4. Learning Deeper and Broader: demonstrates the value of feedback and helps you implement a plan to build and maintain your continued learning journey.
5. Taking Care of Self: explores the elements of wellbeing and how to build healthy practices that support your resilience.

The behaviors that support the UC core competencies addressed in the series include:

• Achieving results: Seeking new ideas, feedback, and input to improve work
• Building relationships: Listening and communicating in partnership with others
• Creating the future: Trying new approaches to reach the goal

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the registration deadline date. Not doing so will result in a $75 fee. This applies to both late cancellations and no shows.

Location: Given the current environment all sessions are virtual. Participants will receive an email with a zoom meeting invite 2 business days before the session.

Next offering dates:  July 19, July 26, August 2, August 9 and August 16 at 9:10am - 12pm.

Registration: Click here to register. 

Flyer: Click here for flyer.

Whether you're new to Word or need to get up to speed quickly with the new Word ribbon interface, our ((Virtual)) Word training will give you tips and pointers you can apply immediately to the work you do every day. 

Using our real-world exercises, you'll practice creating different types of documents using Word's treasure chest of features:

Key Topics:

•Tips and Tricks
•Efficiently create, edit, format documents
•User shortcuts to save time doing common tasks
•Paragraph Pagination
•Page Formatting
•Styles
•Building Blocks

Location: Given the current environment we are converting to virtual sessions. Participants will receive an email with a zoom meeting invite 2 business days before the session.

Time: 8:30am - 12pm.

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the registration deadline date. Not doing so will result in a $75 fee. This applies to both late cancellations and no shows.

Registration: Click here to register.

Flyer: Click here for flyer.

This ((Virtual)) refreshed version of New Leader Onboarding is a blended module that orients the new supervisor or manager to leadership at UCSF. Topics include understanding the culture of UCSF and the implications for leading people, navigating the larger support systems and structure, and identifying criteria for becoming a successful leader.

Location: Given the current environment we are converting the offerings to virtual sessions. Participants will receive an email with a zoom meeting invite no later than 2 business days before the session.

Time: 9am - 12pm

Registration: Click here to register.

Flyer: Click here for flyer.

Are you wondering if, or wishing that, there were ways to make your work in Microsoft Excel more efficient and more rewarding as you take on the countless tasks that Excel can help you with? Or have you taken the beginner and/or intermediate Excel classes and ready to take your Excel skills to yet another level? This ((Virtual)) hands-on practical Excel workshop helps you uncover the myriad of tips and tricks that Excel offers leaving you inspired and equipped with what you need to be productive and make your spreadsheets compelling. You’re likely to walk away with many practical tips and tricks that you can apply right away. Please note that it is necessary that you have a working knowledge of Excel or that you have taken the Excel Beginner class before taking this class.

Key topics:

• Keyboards shortcuts to make life easier
• Tricks to working with large spreadsheets including comparing and contrasting data
• Conditional formatting and data validation
• Copying and moving data quickly within and in between sheets
• Working with hidden columns
• Using the Paste Special features to save time
• Converting text to columns 
•  Troubleshooting formulas

Cost: Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline. Not doing so will result in a $75 cancellation fee. This applies to both late cancellation.

Location: Given the current environment we are converting to virtual sessions. Participants will receive an email with a zoom meeting invite 2 business days before the session.

Time: 1pm - 4:30pm

Registration: Click here to register.

Online live workshop for teams to thrive in the midst of the pandemic and beyond. Pandemic or not, working remotely as a team has significant challenges ranging from lack of clear communication to difficulty managing competing team priorities and projects, sharing information, conducting remote meetings, and using the multitude of technologies on hand, as well as building psychological safety, keeping the team spirit high.

Today, during this unprecedented pandemic time, these challenges have been amplified, and more challenges surface as teams are required to work remotely while expected to create compelling results. This highly interactive online live workshop is designed to help teams overcome traditional and new challenges, leveraging the latest research in mindfulness and emotional intelligence along with the latest technologies, tools, and collaboration practices to maximize team performance.

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration in the UC Learning Center before the cancellation date reflected in the course details. Not doing so will result in a $75 fee. This applies to both late cancellations and no shows.

Location: Given the current environment we are converting to virtual sessions. Participants will receive an email with a zoom meeting invite 2 business days before the session.

Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Registration: Click here to register.

Flyer: Click here for flyer.

This ((Virtual)) Write Right workshop covers the foundations of business writing to make sure participants know what the current grammar rules are, and how to spot and correct errors. It’s a great refresher of grammar and punctuation designed to build confidence that you are sending out clear, correct documents.

Agenda:

• Construct clear, complete sentences
•  Eliminate common grammar errors
• Use punctuation marks correctly
• Capitalize correctly and consistently

Location: Given the current environment we are converting to virtual sessions. Participants will receive an email with a zoom meeting invite 2 business days before the session.

Registration: Each participant is responsible for canceling their own registration before the cancellation deadline. Failure to do so will cost you a $75 fee. This applies to both late cancellation and no show.

Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Registration: Click here to register.

Flyer: Click here for flyer.

This online live training is designed to help you successfully navigate through today’s challenging times where many are asked to work remotely, or collaborate with others who are working remotely, and turn these challenges into opportunities to develop your skills on several fronts. This includes being productive working remotely, staying invigorated and motivated, managing your attention so you can stay focused, communicating with other remote team members skillfully, and adopting a proven methodology for managing your work.

This session touches on both the people/emotional side as well as the practical/operational side of your work. You will be equipped not only with unique skills based on our extensive research effort in the areas of mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and the growth mindset, but also on our years of experience in helping business professionals manage the overload and competing priorities. And, to create a lasting impact, as a bonus to your participation, each attendee will also be given access to the 21 Practices eCourse and the Hello Mindful App (Web, iOS, and Android).

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration in the UC Learning Center before the cancellation date reflected in the course details. Not doing so will result in a $75 fee. This applies to both late cancellations and no shows.

Location: Given the current environment we are converting to virtual sessions. Participants will receive an email with a zoom meeting invite 2 business days before the session.

Time: 10am - 12pm

Registration: Click here to register.

Flyer: Click here for flyer.

Registration: Click here to register.

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